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Last year, in my eternal quest to realize my simple dream of being a background extra in a movie that plays in my hometown theater and you can see my face, I spent 11 days on various movie/TV/commercial sets. While the end goal still hasn't been realized, it was perhaps my most prolific year to date. My favorite part about the experience, usually, is seeing myself in the final product. So as an update, I thought I'd share a few screenshots from the past year (for anyone who doesn't follow my TV/Film Resume).

Often, when I share screenshots of me in the background of some film or commercial, I think people usually have a hard time reconciling my obvious excitement with the fact I'm barely a blur and hardly recognizable. Take from a Crown Royal Apple shoot; super blurry, right? And this was the best look I got in the whole commercial. Believe me, I know; I go through every video frame by frame to snag these.

Some highlights of late were doing a Microsoft/Seahawks commercial and getting this fun shot with Tyler Lockett. Can you see me in the upper left holding the sign? Just imagine it flying by at 30 frames per second. But still, I'm stoked.

I did two commercials for Washington State Department of Health, with one of them calling specifically for a juggler (pictured above)! The slow-mo of the shot actually turned out really fun, despite being half a second long. If I could be a juggler in the background of a movie, that would be a dream. This shoot was a step in that direction. In the , I was just a random party-goer in a mask, but my brother spotted me on live TV when the commercial ran, the second time that's happened!

But perhaps the biggest highlight was Somebody I Used To Know, a film I spent 6 days on set for in October 2021. By virtue of being around so much, I ended with more than just half a second of screen time (though realistically, all combined, it might add up to less than 7 seconds total.) In addition to the fun looks on screen, it was a gas to be around such fun and talented people and made me feel I had a decent connection to the movie, having gotten to know the story line, etc. I even got to do a little stand-in work which was new for me and pretty fun! Anyway, here are a few shots from that.

To see a rundown of all the projects I've been involved in (with screenshots, links to videos, etc.), I do encourage you to check out the little list I keep. The hope is that it will continue getting lots of updates as I do more and more projects. Stay tuned!

Saturday February 11 2023

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